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Admiral Keppel's 'Freedom Box' from the City of London

06/1993 | 1083 | 135

Pages: 403-410

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Author:

Murdoch, Tessa (Murdoch, Tessa)

Author:

Snodin, Michael (Snodin, Michael)

Subjects

artists:

Bacon, John, I, 1740-1799

dates:

1750-1799

places:

England / London

subjects:

Keppel, Augustus

subjects:

Art objects / Freedom Boxes

Illustrations

Attributed works:

32. The Lid of Fig. 33, Showing the City of London Crowning Keppel with a Laurel Wreath Flanked by Figures of Justice and Fame. (Museum of London).

Attributed works:

33. Freedom Box Presented to Admiral Keppel by the Corporation of London, 1779. Enamelled Gold on a Wooden Carcase, 15.8 cm. Long, 9.3 cm. Wide, 6.8 cm. High. (Museum of London).

Attributed works:

34. Back Panel of Fig. 33, Showing Truth and Scrutiny and Honour Placing a Herald's Cap on Military Virtue. (Museum of London).

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35. Design for the Back Panel, by John Bacon. Pen and Ink and Wash, 6.3 by 15 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

36. Design for the Left-Hand End Panel, Showing the British Triton Advancing and the French Triton Being Allowed to Escape under the Mantle of Night, by John Bacon. Pen and Ink and Wash, 6.3 by 8.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

37. Design for the Right-Hand End Panel, Showing Mercury with a Money Bag Crossing the Sea Protected by a British Triton, by John Bacon. Pen and Ink and Wash, 6.3 by 8.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

38. Design for the Front Panel, Showing the Arms, Supporters and Regalia of the City of London, by John Bacon. Pen, Ink and Wash, 6.3 by 15 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

39. Design for the Bottom Panel, with an Inscription Tablet in the Centre, by John Bacon. Pen, Ink and Wash, 8.7 by 15 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

40. Design for the Top of the Box, Showing the City, Supported by Justice, Presenting the Freedom to Keppel Flanked by Mars and Neptune, by John Bacon. Pen, Ink and Wash, 8.7 by 15cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

41. Design for Admiral Keppel's Freedom Box, by Robert Adam. c.1779. Pencil, Pen, and Wash, 30 by 15.9cm. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London).

Attributed works:

42. Title Page of the Description of the Freedom Box, London, Incorporating John Bacon's Design for the Top of the Box. 1779. (Museum of London).

Attributed works:

43. Engraving by J. Collyer after William Charron Showing the Top of the Box as Executed, from the Description of the Freedom Box, 1779. (Museum of London).

Western art unattributed:

44. Binding of the Description of the Freedom Box. Red Morocco Tooled with Gold, 32.7 by 25 cm. (Museum of London).

Supplement

Recent Acquisitions - And Some Rediscoveries Made by the Department of Western Art in the Ashmolean Museum: Supplement

01/1987 | 1006 | 129

Pages: 56-60

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Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)

Subjects

artists:

Cockerell, Charles Robert, 1788-1863

artists:

Picasso, Pablo

artists:

Philpot, Glyn

artists:

Nicholson, Ben

artists:

Hughes-Stanton, Blair Rowlands

artists:

Austin, Robert

artists:

Barrias, Félix Joseph

artists:

Grandi, Giuseppe

artists:

Niessen, Johannes

artists:

Westmacott, Henry

artists:

Wilkie, David

artists:

Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique

artists:

Bacon, John, I, 1740-1799

artists:

Aubry, Étienne

artists:

Guarana, Jacopo

artists:

Maes, Nicolaes

artists:

Dieussart, François

dates:

1980-1989

museums and institutions:

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain

subjects:

Italian painting / Italian sculpture / British painting / French painting

subjects:

Art museums / Acquisitions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

After Augustin Pajou (1730-1809). Blaise Pascal. (Fig.63). Biscuit de Sèvres, Probably 1784. 32.5 cm High.

Attributed works:

Atributed to Nicholaes Maes (1632-93). Holy Family, after Rembrandt. (Fig.59). Red Chalk, Pen Drawing in Brown Inks, with Washes, on Vellum. 22.3 by 28 cm (Arched Top).

Attributed works:

Attributed to Jacopo Guarana (1720-62). The Hand of a Young Man and the Head of an Old Man. (Fig.62). Black Crayon and White Chalk on Pinky Buff Paper. 41.3 by 27.8 cm.

Attributed works:

Ben Nicholson (1894-1982). View of the Harbour, St Ives, 1929. (Fig.76). Pencil on Yellowed Paper (From a Sketch Pad). Inscribed on Verso (See Below). 33 by 42 cm.

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Blair Rowlands Hughes-Stanton (1902-81). Troisième Classe, 1925. (Fig.73). Wood Engraving. Signed 'Blair H. S.', Dated and Numbered 8/30. 11.9 by 9.6 cm. Actual Size.

Attributed works:

Charles Robert Cockerell (1788-1863). Study of a Greek Antefixa. (Fig.66). Water-Colour Brushed over Pen Drawing with Ink, over Faint Pencil Drawing, on Paper. 35.6 by 27.4 cm.

Attributed works:

Etienne Aubry (1745-81). Portrait of a Gentleman. (Fig.60). Oil on Canvas, Signed. 63.5 by 54 cm.

Attributed works:

Félix Joseph Barrias (1822-1907). Figure Studies, Perhaps for a Group of Captives. (Fig.68). Black Chalk on Paper. Studio Stamp Lower Left. 13.4 by 20.9 cm.

Attributed works:

François Dieussart (c. 1600-61). Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, c. 1636. (Fig.58). Marble, with Some Plaster Repairs. 115 cm. High (Including a Socle of 24.8 cm).

Attributed works:

Giuseppe Grandi (1843-94). Alessandro Volta. (Fig.71). Bronze. Lost Wax Cast. Inscribed 'Grandi' in the Cold Metal and A Volta - The A Interlaced with the V - in the Wax on the Integral Plinth. 66 cm High.

Attributed works:

Glyn Philpot (1884-1937). Man with a Gun, 1933. (Fig.75). Oil on Canvas. Signed 'G. P.'. 114.5 by 92 cm.

Attributed works:

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). Portrait of a Man. (Fig.64). Graphite on Paper. Signed. 7.5 cm (Diameter).

Attributed works:

Johannes Niessen (1821-1910). Head of a Young Woman, 1847. (Fig.70). Pencil on Brown Paper. Signed and Dated 'J. Niessen 4/7 1847', with an Inscription Vertically at the Right. 32.3 by 27 cm.

Attributed works:

John Bacon the Elder R. A. (1740-99). Preparatory Study for the Statue of Samuel Johnson in St Paul's Cathedral. (Fig.65). Some Wash Brushed over Pen Drawing in Ink on Whatman Paper, Inscribed with Observations on Size and Scale in the Artist's Hand. 47.3 by 32.5 cm.

Attributed works:

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Untitled Nocturnal Scene (Bloch 1589). (Fig.74). Aquatint, Dated '25-5-68'. Signed by the Artist in Pencil and Numbered 7/50). 29.5 by 34.6 cm. (Plate).

Attributed works:

Robert Sargent Austin (1895-1973). Two Riders. (Fig.72). Charcoal, with Red-Brown and White Crayon on Cream Paper. 31.6 by 27.5 cm.

Attributed works:

Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841). A Lady Descending from Her Carriage. (Fig.67). Some White Body-Colour and Water-Colours Brushed over Drawing in Black Chalk, on Paper. Signed and Dated, 1822. 13.5 by 18.9 cm.

Attributed works:

Sir Richard Westmacott, R. A. (1775-1856). Fragment of a Cast of the Original Clay Model for 'The Gypsy', 1832. (Fig.69). Plaster Coated in Stone Coloured Paint (Probably Original, Now Darkened). 29 cm High (From Fractured Chest to Top of Head).

Western art unattributed:

Anon. Probably Italian (Before 1693). Reduced Copy of an Ancient Roman Marble Relief. (Fig.61). Terracotta, with Some Old Plaster Repairs. 30 by 24.8 cm.

Article

Gentlemen's Agreement

06/1959 | 675 | 101

Pages: 236+239-243

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Author:

Cox-Johnson, Ann (Cox-Johnson, Ann; Johnson, Ann Cox-; Saunders, Ann)

Subjects

artists:

Bacon, John, II, 1777-1859

artists:

Manning, Charles

artists:

Manning, Samuel

artists:

Bacon, John, I, 1740-1799

dates:

1800-1849

places:

England / London

subjects:

British sculpture / Biographies / Workshops (Organisations) / Documents / Attributions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

38. Tomb of Christiana Medley, by John Bacon. 1841. (St Thomas's Church, Exeter.) Reproduced by Permission of St Marylebone Public Library.

Attributed works:

39. Plaque to Marianne Araminta Beresford, by John Bacon. (Hampstead Parish Church.) By courtesy of the Marylebone Record.

Attributed works:

41. Plaque to Louisa Lownds, by John Bacon. (Hampstead Parish Church.) By courtesy of the Marylebone Record.

Western art unattributed:

40. Portrait of the Younger John Bacon. From the European Magazine, January 1815.

Letter

Dictionary of British Sculptors

06/1954 | 615 | 96

Pages: 182+185

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Author:

Gunnis, Rupert (Gunnis, Rupert)

Author:

Watson, F. J. B. (Watson, F. J. B.; Watson, Francis John Bagott; W., F. J. B.; Watson, Mr.; Watson, F.J.B.; Watson, Francis)

Subjects

artists:

Carter, Thomas

artists:

Bacon, John, I, 1740-1799

dates:

1700-1799

patrons:

Chute, Chaloner, d. 1659

places:

England

subjects:

British sculpture / Attributions / Documents

Letter

A Statue by Bacon

01/1940 | 442 | 76

Pages: 28-29

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Author:

Esdaile, Katharine A. (Esdaile, Katharine A.; Esdaile, Katharine Ada; Esdaile, K. A.; Esdaile, Katharine; Esdaile, Katherine A.)

Subjects

artists:

Bacon, John, I, 1740-1799

dates:

1700-1799

places:

England

subjects:

British sculpture / Attributions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

A-Terracotta Model for the Monument to Speaker Chute at the Vyne, Hampshire. By John Bacon. Length, 19.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum). Letter: A Statue by Bacon

Short Notice

Bacon's George III, the River Thames at His Feet, at Somerset House

10/1939 | 439 | 75

Pages: 168

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Author:

Esdaile, Katharine A. (Esdaile, Katharine A.; Esdaile, Katharine Ada; Esdaile, K. A.; Esdaile, Katharine; Esdaile, Katherine A.)

Subjects

artists:

Bacon, John, I, 1740-1799

dates:

1750-1799

museums and institutions:

Somerset House, London, Great Britain

patrons:

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

places:

England

subjects:

British sculpture / Georgian / Portraits / Royalty

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